Back in Time: Unshackling From Love

Chapter 17

As Mikayla laughed, tears streamed down her face.

Images from her previous life of being beaten, cursed at, and tortured at the mental hospital flashed before her eyes.

In the flashback, the hefty caretaker had gripped her by the hair, forcefully pulling her away and causing her only bowl of plain soup to spill.

They would even forcefully pinch her mouth when she refused to take her medication, shoving handfuls of pills down her throat.

Mikayla always thought it was the mental hospital deliberately tormenting her to please

Jerome.

Little did she know, the demonic woman from the previous life was Kylie’s relative.

So, all the misery she endured in the mental hospital was orchestrated by Kylie.

Thinking about the abuse she suffered and the torment from stomach cancer, Mikayla wished she could immediately strangle Kylie.

Why did she have to be so cruel?

Jerome, who clearly loved Kylie so much, had even sent Mikayla to the mental hospital for the former’s good.

Why wouldn’t Kylie let her go? Why did she have to harm her?

Jerome looked at Mikayla on the floor.

Although she had suggested keeping the audio call on, he still worried that something might go wrong, so he followed her up.

Unexpectedly, he witnessed Mikayla attacking someone as soon as the elevator doors opened.

She lay slumped amidst a chaotic mess of fruits, her eyes vacant, her body seemingly devoid of strength.

Though her face showed a smile, tears flowed incessantly, as if she had suffered some painful and tragic ordeal, radiating endless hatred and resentment.

Strangely, Jerome’s heart didn’t fill with anger at her madness. Instead, a dull ache

serthed within him:

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just considered going to help Mikayla when he heard Kylie weakly calling

marks on her neck from Mikayla’s grip, Jerome instruct ed the woman who was standing there

hurriedly fetched the first

assisted Kylie in sitting down and then walked over to

her arm. “Get

he pulled at her arm,

felt a bit

come up here to apologize? What’s with this madness again?”

began to

Jerome felt a

planning to be with Kylie after the

and her tone betrayed

already furrowed brows tightened

someone’s life over this?”

found the first aid kit!”

trying to

moment, carrying the first aid

to help Mikayla stand up, but she coldly

to her feet on her own, adjusted her clothes, and walked away without

after Mikayla to find out what

out a

that Mikayla was the one responsible for

to a complete stop. “Shall we go to the hospital?”

face, Kylie shook

can you be fine? Another inch deeper, and it would

asking, “Who was that person just

a faint smile. “She might have misunderstood

this, and you’re still defending her. I think we should

slightly furrowed brows, Kylie said to the round–faced woman, “Aunt Agatha,

to leave, but she could tell it wasn’t appropriate for

someone to

“What just happened? Why did Mikayla